 Buonanotte withUniversidad Católica in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Diego Mario Buonanotte Rende | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Teodelina, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder /Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Deportes Temuco | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | River Plate | 105 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Málaga | 49 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Granada | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | →Pachuca (loan) | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | →Quilmes (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | AEK Athens | 27 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Universidad Católica | 137 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Sporting Cristal | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Unión La Calera | 30 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | O'Higgins | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Deportes Temuco | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Argentina U23 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Diego Mario Buonanotte Rende (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈdjeɣoˈmaɾjoβwonaˈnoteˈrende]; born 19 April 1988) is an Argentine professionalfootballer who plays for Chilean clubDeportes Temuco as anattacking midfielder andwinger.[2]
He began his career withRiver Plate, where he won theAperturain 2008, and later played in Spain withMálaga andGranada.
Buonanotte was part of theArgentine squad that won the gold medal at the2008 Olympics.
Born inTeodelina,Santa Fe, Buonanotte made his professional debut as a 17-year-old on 9 April 2006, in the 3–1 win againstInstituto. On 7 October 2007, only one week after his first game, he scored his first goal at senior level. Buonanotte was picked by coachDaniel Passarella to start in thederby againstBoca Juniors. River Plate won 2–0, with Buonanotte playing a key role in the victory. He was named byWorld Soccer magazine as one of the '50 most exciting teenagers in the world game'.[3] Buonanotte was part of the2008 Apertura winning team.
On 21 January 2011, Buonanotte signed a five-year contract withMálaga CF, but he was loaned to River Plate until July 2011. The reason he left Malaga was not about his appearances with his team but the 1.6 million dollars that River Plate gave for a loan for him.[4][5] He scored his first goal for Málaga on 21 December 2011 in a 2–2 home draw againstGetafe CF in theCopa del Rey(winning 3–2 on aggregate.) On 21 November 2012, he scored his careers firstChampions League goal, in a 2−2 away draw againstZenit. Also he scored goals against Barcelona and Real Madrid.
On 31 January 2013, Buonanotte signed a4+1⁄2-year contract withGranada.[6] After moving to Granada, Buonanotte told Goal.com, he left Malaga in order to get playing time.[7] He was previously linked with a move to Italian sidePalermo but opted for Granada.[8]
On 28 August 2014, after being left out of the first-team during the pre-season, Buonanotte was loaned toC.F. Pachuca in a one-year deal.[9]
After playing in their pre-season in Mexico, Buonanotte signed on a six-month loan forQuilmes AC on 30 January 2015.[10]
In August 2015, Buonanotte signed a two-year contract withAEK Athens.[11]
On the third matchday of the2015–16 season he scored twice in a 3–1 home win againstPAS Giannina.[12] On 22 November 2015, he scored his fifth league goal helpingAEK Athens win againstPanthrakikos.[13] On 2 December 2015, he scored two goals in his first appearance in theGreek Cup in a 6–0 home win againstPanelefsiniakos. On 17 December, he again scored a brace in a 5–0 away win againstAEL in the cup.[14] He finished the year with 11 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions.
On 19 July 2016, Buonanotte signed forUniversidad Católica.[15] There, he won the2016 Apertura, scoring 8 goals in 13 matches. Also winning the2016 Clausura, and most recently2018-2019 Chilean Primera Division.[16][17]
On 5 July 2022, Buonanotte joined Peruvian sideSporting Cristal until December 2023.[18]
In 2023, Buonanotte returned to Chile by signing withUnión La Calera.[19] The next season, he switched toO'Higgins.[20]
In 2025, Buonanotte joinedDeportes Temuco in thesecond level.[21]
Buonanotte was selected bySergio Batista to be one of the 18 players to representArgentina in the2008 Olympics. He only played in the third group-stage game againstSerbia, scoring from a long-range free-kick. He won thegold medal with his national team at that tournament.
In December 2009, Buonanotte survived a fatal car crash as the sole survivor after he lost control of his car on an Argentine freeway. He was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries while three friends who were travelling with him in the car died at the scene of the crash. The footballer was driving his father'sPeugeot 307 back from a night out when he veered off the 65th highway and collided with a tree. The accident occurred about 15 km outside Clementina, Santa Fe. Another car carrying more friends of Buonanotte also arrived on the scene of the accident afterwards eager to find out what had happened. The footballer is said to have been conscious when he was pulled from the wreckage but had sustained serious injuries.
Eduardo Allegrini, director of the hospital, where Buonanotte was taken after the crash, said "(Buonanotte) has fractured his right humerus, right clavicle and has bruised his right lung". Allegrini clarified that the River player's condition was stable but he remained in intensive care under observation. Guillermo Fernández, a firefighter who helped pull Buonanotte from the crash site said: "Diego told us he lost control of the car".[22][23]
It was initially thought that Buonanotte'sconvalescence would require up to seven months for complete recovery,[24] but he was able to return to the pitch on 17 April 2010, when he replacedDiego Barrado in the second half of a match againstGodoy Cruz. River won 2–1 at home.[25][26] On 30 April, he scored for the first time since his accident, clinching a 2–1 victory againstVélez Sársfield at theMonumental.[27] Later that year, local prosecutor Carlos Colimedaglia stated that Buonanotte should be charged with three counts of manslaughter.[28] Buonanotte, himself, says he managed to cope with the accident but revealed the opposition fans shout slurs directed at him, like "murderer".[29]
In December 2021, he acquired theChilean nationalityby residence along with his colleagueMatías Zaldivia,[30] keeping the Argentine nationality.[31]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2006-07 | A. Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2007-08 | A. Primera División | 25 | 11 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 33 | 11 | |||
| 2008-09 | A. Primera División | 31 | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | |||
| 2009-10 | A. Primera División | 23 | 9 | — | — | — | 23 | 9 | ||||
| 2010-11 | A. Primera División | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 106 | 25 | — | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 26 | |||
| Málaga | 2011-12 | La Liga | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2012-13 | La Liga | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3[a] | 1 | — | 15 | 4 | ||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
| Granada | 2012-13 | La Liga | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2013-14 | La Liga | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Pachuca (loan) | 2014 | Liga MX | 13 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Quilmes (loan) | 2015 | A. Primera División | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| AEK Atenas | 2015-16 | Super League Greece | 27 | 6 | 8 | 5 | — | — | 35 | 11 | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2016-17 | C. Primera División | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 41 | 13 |
| 2017 | C. Primera División | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2018 | C. Primera División | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 7 | |||
| 2019 | C. Primera División | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4[e] | 0 | 1[d] | 1 | 31 | 4 | |
| 2020 | C. Primera División | 24 | 0 | — | 7[f] | 1 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | C. Primera División | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3[g] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| 2022 | C. Primera División | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 138 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 189 | 34 | ||
| Career total | 358 | 60 | 39 | 13 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 449 | 79 | ||
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